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New hypercar the Divergent Czinger, is first to be 3-D printed and can go 0-60 in under two seconds

4 days ago | nypost.com | Michael Kaplan

Two months ago, a car of the future rolled out of a Los Angeles factory and onto the street. Called the Czinger 21C, it is mostly made with a gigantic 3-D printer. However, this electric hypercar is anything but a toy. With a starting price of $2 million, the two-seat rocket ship of a vehicle (one seat in front and one seat in back) has a top speed of 253 miles per hour and goes from zero to 62 in 1.9 seconds.
Wild escape attempts, famous mobsters and no running water: Inside America’s most notorious prison as Trump vows to reopen Alcatraz

1 week ago | nypost.com | Michael Kaplan

It’s the comeback no one expected.
Doomsday for Diddy? Here are the key things you need to know as rapper’s epic sex trafficking trial begins in NYC today

1 week ago | nypost.com | Dana Kennedy |Michael Kaplan

Today is D day for Diddy. Jury selection begins this morning in one of the toughest jurisdictions in the nation – the Southern District of New York – for the federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial of hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The 55-year-old Bad Boy Records founder faces up to life in prison on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, with prosecutors alleging he forced his ex-lovers into so-called “Freak-Offs,” and ran his company as a criminal enterprise.
Three Bayesian superyacht crew officially under criminal suspicion

1 week ago | nypost.com | Michael Kaplan |Fabrizio Scardovi

Three crew members of the Bayesian superyacht are now officially under investigation for crimes including negligence, recklessness and failing to save the ship from an oncoming storm, according to Italian prosecutors. Captain James Cutfield, chief engineer Timothy Parker Eaton and deckhand Matthew Griffiths are in line to face criminal charges, according to the public prosecutor of Termini Imerese in Sicily, close to where the yacht sunk amid a severe storm.
Inside the Vatican conclave battle to elect a more 'traditional' — but not necessarily conservative — pope

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Michael Kaplan |Lorenzo Farrugio

The push for a more traditional pontiff – one who speaks less off the cuff and promotes fewer disruptive initiatives than Pope Francis did – might come down to a matter of religious aesthetics and ongoing ease with local parishioners.
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s $24m DC suck-up campaign

3 weeks ago | nypost.com | Michael Kaplan |Lydia Moynihan |Thomas Barrabi

For Silicon Valley big shots, Mark Zuckerberg testifying at Meta’s ongoing trial before the Federal Trade Commission has hijacked their attention for the last week. Zuckerberg – whose company owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – spoke at trial to deny charges his business has illegally monopolized social media.
US yacht industry thrown into turmoil by tariffs, crew crackdowns: ‘My client is canceling his order’

4 weeks ago | nypost.com | Michael Kaplan

Thanks to the recent clamp-down on unauthorized workers and a clamp up on tariffs, owning a yacht is not as much fun as it used to be. In the last two weeks, with crushing tariffs leveled against China (which are as high as 245 percent) and 10 percent tariffs currently applied to the European Union, being an American yachtsman instantly became more expensive.
‘Not good for his brand’: How Masters champ Rory McIlroy finally learned to stop acting like a playboy

4 weeks ago | nypost.com | Michael Kaplan

This weekend, Rory McIlroy became only the sixth man to achieve golf’s career Grand Slam — winning The Masters Tournament in addition to the PGA Championship, US Open and British Open. It was a wild, hard-won victory that ended with him collapsing to his knees and sobbing. Can you blame him?
Luxury cars, watches, toys not being shipped to US over tariffs — here are some of the brands being held back

1 month ago | nypost.com | Michael Kaplan |Lisa Fickenscher

The supply of many foreign-made goods into the US is likely to come to a grinding halt as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, sources told The Post Monday. A baseline tariff of 10% was applied to many countries Saturday, with heftier percentages applied to the “worst offenders,” who levy high tariffs on US goods coming into them, in two days.
Praxis has raised $500m to build a cybercity operating independently of any country — but where will it be located?

1 month ago | nypost.com | Michael Kaplan

Dryden Brown believes we are on the precipice of a brave new world and he wants to pioneer it. The 29-year-old has an audacious vision for a futuristic new city-state he’s planning to found, which will be called Praxis. “The city will be incredibly beautiful,” Brown told The Post. “The architecture will be a fusion of classical aesthetics. We’re working on a fusion of gothic elements and space-age futurism.

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24 Nov 24

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3 Jul 23

I haven’t written about poker in a while. Here’s a cool story I did on Chris Moneymaker. https://t.co/rsw8kTzC9F

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21 Dec 22

Hi, @EllenBarkin. I'm a writer from NY Post and trying to contact you in regard to a story. My email is mkaplan@nypost. My cell is 917-865-2348. If you can call or email, asap (of course), I will be grateful. Thanks...

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Articles

New hypercar the Divergent Czinger, is first to be 3-D printed and can go 0-60 in under two seconds

Wild escape attempts, famous mobsters and no running water: Inside America’s most notorious prison as Trump vows to reopen Alcatraz

Doomsday for Diddy? Here are the key things you need to know as rapper’s epic sex trafficking trial begins in NYC today

Three Bayesian superyacht crew officially under criminal suspicion

Inside the Vatican conclave battle to elect a more 'traditional' — but not necessarily conservative — pope

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s $24m DC suck-up campaign

US yacht industry thrown into turmoil by tariffs, crew crackdowns: ‘My client is canceling his order’

‘Not good for his brand’: How Masters champ Rory McIlroy finally learned to stop acting like a playboy

Luxury cars, watches, toys not being shipped to US over tariffs — here are some of the brands being held back

Praxis has raised $500m to build a cybercity operating independently of any country — but where will it be located?

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